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The ultimate ASIC calculator is available live on AnySilicon’s website. Together with our Die Per Wafer calculator this ASIC price calculator provides a very accurate final price for ASICs. Please note, we did not include shipping cost therefore you may want to add this to the total prices.
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Maskset cost is becoming one of the major expenses to the overall NRE cost of ASIC projects, particularly with advanced technology nodes. For projects targeting low volume production the maskset cost is a financial barrier to a profitable and solid business.
Taping out using MLM instead of a full maskset

Calculating the number of Dies Per Wafer (DPW) is a very simple and straight forward task. It’s actually based on basic high school mathematics which are related to circle area formula, remember Pi?
Silicon dies which are placed on a wafer can also be described as many squares placed inside